Ironing-board.



H. MENDENHALL @c A. 'I'B KILLINGER.

IRONING BOARD. l APPLIOATIoN FILED 1,111.24, 1910.

Patented July 30,1912.

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Specification of 'Letters Patent.

'Patented July 30? 1912.

l Application filed January 24, 1910. Serial No. 539,855.

To all 'to/wm a may concern lle it known that We, Hin/1M h/lENDE-NHALL and ALBERT T. Kitmnonn, citizens of the United States. residing-i at Audubon, in the county olf Audubon and State oflowa, have invented a certain new and useful Ironing- Board, of which thet'ollowing is a specifica.` tion.

The object of our invention is to provide an ironing hoard of simple, durable and inexpensive construction provided with a slidable' extension normally housed when not in use, but capable of being withdrawn when required for use as an ironing-board.

A further object is .to provide means whereby the ironing,lr board may be readily.l

quickly and easily attached to and detached from a support auch, for instance, as a Wall and when in position supportedagainst a wall it will be firmly and securely held to sustain any ordinary amount of weight that may be placed on its outer end.

A 'further object is to provide an improved folding brace support for ironing boards of simple, durable and inexpensive construc tion that may be folded within a space eontained wholly within the outlines of the ironing board proper and which may be readily, quickly and easily extended to forni a brace when in use.

Our invention consists in certain details, in the constritetion, arrangement and com-y bination ot' the various parts of the device whereby -the objects ctmtemplated are attained. as hereinafter more fully set/ forth. pointed-out in our claims, and illustrated in the, accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l' shows a central. longitudinal, sectional view through our improved ironing board in position supported on a wall with the suiiporting brace in its folded position. the dotted lines in said figure show the supporting brace in its extended position. Fig. 2 shows an inverted plan view of the rear rnd of the ironing board, with the sup porting' brace in extended position. Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the ironingboard, with the brace in extended position and with a part et the top of the board out auaay to show certain details of the construction of the slidable extension.l

Referring to the accompanying drawings, we have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate the top layer of the ironing board. This is of the ordinary shape now in'general use but it ia'made relatively thin The numeral 11 indicate/s the bottom layer for the ironing board of the same outline as the upper layer and also made relatively thin, Between these two layers is a number of longitudinal and cross filling stripsr12 for the purpose of strengthening and reinforcing the ironing board and also for the purpose of providingr space for the slidable extension, and the folding support as will hereinafter appear. Two of the longitudinal filling strips 12 are arranged parallel with each other toa point where they approach the outer end of the board and beyond that point they incline inwardly toward each other at 13 as shown in Fig. 3.

The slidable extension comprises a board 14 of the shape ordinarily used for ironing sleeves and similar articles, and has its inner end wedge-shaped to conform to the inward inclination of the longitudinal filling-strips, as indicated' in Fig. 3, so that said board may freely slide .between the up`- per and lower layers of the ironing board and also between the illing strips 12. However when'thc slidable extension is moved to its forward limit, as shown in said ligure, then the inclined sides 15 of the extension will t against the inclined sides 13 of the filling strips 12 and thus limit the outward movement of the' slidable extension.v When said slidable extension is moved rearwardly to its limit it" will project only a slight distance beyond the end of the ironing board proper as shown in Fig. l where it may be readily and easily grasped by an operator to be drawn out as required for use.

In order to support thev board against a wall, we have provided at the rear upper end thereof a metal cross bar 16 having an oval shalped central portion 17. A. notch 18 is formed 'in the ironing board below the central portion o'f,said cross bar. Ne havealso provided a support hook made of sheet metal and comprising a body portion 19 'having a hopk at its-"ttlower end extending outwardly and then upwardly and inwardly, as indicated by the numeral 207 so that when the ironing board is lattended to a substan-l tially horizontal posi'on, as shown in Fig. 1.l the cross bar Will be prevented from moving upwardly on account of the restricted entrance between the body and the upper end of said hook, asshown in said figure.

\ For the purpose of bracing the ironing board vin its horizontal position We have provided the following devices: ln the rear within the space between the upper and portion of the under layer 11 of the ironing board, we have formeel a longitudinal opening and we have fitted into said opening` a brace member 2l which brace member is connect-ed by a suitable hinge 22 with Athe rcar cross strip l2. The forward end of said brace member is designed to rest against the under surface of the central cross strip 12 as clearly shown injFig. l. A notch 23 is formed in the bottom layer l1 adjacent to the outer end of the part 21 to receive an operators finger for grasping the forward end of said brace member. XVe have also provided a collapsible brace member made of `two parts hinged to ether and compris ing the following: Fixet to the central cross, piece 12 is a bracket 24 having two side ex! tensions 25. Pivoted between these extensions 25 is a channel bar 26 arranged with its open side downwardly. Pivoted to the end of the bar 2G is a second channel bar 27 smaller in size than the channel bar 2G and arranged with its open side upwardly. These channel` bars 2G and 27 are `pivotally connected by means of the pivot pin 28. Connected with the supporting brace member 2l is a bracket 28a to which the end oi' the bar 27 is pivoted. By arranging the two channel bar members 26 and 27 in the man# ner shown they may be folded upwardly with the channel bar 27 resting within the channel bar 26 as shown in F ig. l so that said members 26 and 2i' maiy lie wholly lower layers 'ofthe ironing board and so that. the brace member 2l may fold upwardly to lthe position shown in Fig. l. AlVhen it is desired to support t-he ironing board in a horizontal position the operator grasps the forward end of the brace meniber 2l and swingsl it downwardly to the position shown' by dotted linesin Fig. l thus unfolding the channel bar members 26 and 27 unt-il they assume the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, whereupon'they, together with the brace member 21, iirmly and securely support the outer end of the ironing board against downward movement.

Tile claim as our intention:

1. An improved ironing board. compris ing an upper and a lower layer, strips be tween the upper and lower layers7 the lower layer being provided with an opening, means tor connecting the inner end ot the board to a vertical support and a bracede vice comprising a brace nnnlber being capable, in its folded position.y ot lying within the opening in the lower layer and also be ing capable of folding dowinvardly to position at right angles to the board, and a second brace member comprising two channel Alors piroted to each other, the upper one being pivoted to the ironing board and the lower one being pivotetl to the firstJ mcntioned brace member, said parts being so .shaped that one' of said channel bars may fold `within the other and occupy the space between the upper and lower layers of the ironingboard, for the purposes stated.

2. nimprored ironing board. comprising an upper and e lower layer, strips between the upper and lower layers, 'the lower layer being provided with an opening, mans ior connecting the inner end ot the board-toa vertical support and a brace dcvice, comprising a brace member hinged to one of the central strips between the. upper and lower layers of the board. said brace member being capable, in its tolded posit/ion of lying within the opening in the lower layer and alsobeing capable ot Folding downwardly to positionuitl right angles to the board, and a second brace member comprising two channel bars piroted to each other, the upper one being pivoted to the ironing board and the lower one being piv oted to the tirst mentioned brace member,

said partsbeing so shaped that one of said. i

channel bars may fold within the other and occupy the space between the upper and lower layers of the ironing board, the upper one of said channel bars having its open side underneath, and the lower one ol' said' channel bars having its lower side uppermost and being ot a smaller size than the first. one so that it may told within the ,first one. substantially as and for the purposes stated.

Des Moines. Iowa, Jan. 7, 1910. HIRAM ltl'ENDENHALL. ALBERT l. KlLLlNGE'R.

Witnessese A. B. lllirzsnnnrmmr o. A. GRAHAM. 

